T
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| Jefferson portrait by Charles Willson Peale |
- Third president of the United States from 1801 through 1809.
- Bought Louisiana from France.
- Democratic-Republican Leader
- He believed in a weak National Government,State's Powers ,Small Business,Against National Bank
- Principal author of the Declaration of Independence.
- Member of the Continental Congress in 1755.
- Served in the House of Burgesses.
- Was born on April 13,1743 and died on July 4,1826.
- He was the author of Virginia Statute for Religios Freedom.